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2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony The opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea on 9 February 2018. It began at 20:00 KST and finished at approximately 22:20 KST. The Games were officially opened by ...

PyeongChang Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of S ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

; Protests erupt following the

Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi On 2 October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident journalist was assassinated by agents of the Saudi government at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Khashoggi was ambushed and strangled by a 15-member squad of Saudi assassins. His b ...

;

March for Our Lives March for Our Lives (MFOL) was a student-led demonstration in support of gun control legislation. It took place in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2018, with over 880 sibling events throughout the United States and around the world, and w ...

protests take place across the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...

and the world; The

Yellow vests protests The Yellow Vests Protests or Yellow Jackets Protests or Yellow Vests Revolution (french: Mouvement des gilets jaunes, ) are a series of populist, grassroots weekly protests in France that began on 17 November 2018. At first the protestors advoc ...

break out in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

; The

Camp Fire (2018) The Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history, and the most expensive natural disaster in the world in 2018 in terms of insured losses. Named after Camp Creek Road, its place of origin, the fire started ...

, that burned the town of

Paradise, California Paradise is a town in Butte County, California, United States in the Sierra Nevada foothills above the northeastern Sacramento Valley. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 4,764. On November 8, 2018, a major wildfire, the Camp Fir ...

, is seen from

outer space Outer space, commonly shortened to space, is the expanse that exists beyond Earth and its atmosphere and between celestial bodies. Outer space is not completely empty—it is a near-perfect vacuum containing a low density of particles, pred ...

;

SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launcher, and a satellite communications corporation headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the stated goal of ...

CEO

Elon Musk Elon Reeve Musk ( ; born June 28, 1971) is a business magnate and investor. He is the founder, CEO and chief engineer of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; owner and CEO of Twitter, Inc.; founder of The ...

launches his

Tesla Roadster (first generation) The Tesla Roadster is a battery electric vehicle (BEV) sports car, based on the Lotus Elise chassis, that was produced by the electric car firm Tesla Motors (now Tesla, Inc.) in California from 2008 to 2012. The Roadster was the first highway ...

into outer space; Rescuers assemble to begin search-and-rescue operations during the

Tham Luang cave rescue In June and July 2018, a junior association football team and their assistant coach were rescued from the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai Province in northern Thailand. Twelve members of the team, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old assi ...

; North Korean Supreme Leader

Kim Jong-un Kim Jong-un (; , ; born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician who has been Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is a son of Kim Jong-il, who was North Korea's se ...

meets South Korean President

Moon Jae-in Moon Jae-in (; ; born 24 January 1953) is a South Korean former politician, civil servant and lawyer who served as the 12th president of South Korea between 2017 and 2022. Prior to his presidency, he served as Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs an ...

at the

Korean Demilitarized Zone The Korean Demilitarized Zone ( Korean: ; Hanbando Bimujang Jidae) is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula near the 38th parallel north. The demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a border barrier that divides the peninsula roughly in ha ...

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2018 was designated as the third International Year of the Reef by the

International Coral Reef Initiative The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) is an informal partnership among nations, international organisations and non-government organisations to help protect coral reefs globally. It aims to implement Chapter 17 of Agenda 21, Aichi Target 10 ...

Events

January

January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – E ...

– SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against

Juba Juba () is the capital and largest city of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of the Central Equatoria State. It is the world's newest capital city to be elevated as such, and had a population ...

, capital of

South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the ...

. *

January 12 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. *1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reig ...

– 13 – The first round of voting of the

2018 Czech presidential election Presidential elections were held in the Czech Republic in January 2018. The first round took place on 12 and 13 January. As no candidate won a majority, a run-off election between the top two candidates, Jiří Drahoš and President Miloš Zeman, ...

is held. *

January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. *1156 &nda ...

–

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

, led by President

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (born 26 February 1954) is a Turkish politician serving as the 12th and current president of Turkey since 2014. He previously served as prime minister of Turkey from 2003 to 2014 and as mayor of Istanbul from 1994 t ...

, announces the beginning of a

military offensive An offensive is a military operation that seeks through an aggressive projection of armed forces to occupy territory, gain an objective or achieve some larger strategic, operational, or tactical goal. Another term for an offensive often used by ...

to capture a portion of

northern Syria Northern Syria or North Syria may refer to: * Upper Mesopotamia, which partly overlaps with northeastern Syria * Northern governorates, of the Syrian Arab Republic *Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria The Autonomous Administrati ...

from Kurdish forces, amidst the ongoing

Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish nationalist uprisings have periodically occurred in Turkey, beginning with the Turkish War of Independence and the consequent transition from the Ottoman Empire to the modern Turkish state and continuing to the present day with the curr ...

. *

– 22 – The

US government The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, a city within a feder ...

enters a federal government shutdown as a result of a dispute over

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, colloquially referred to as DACA, is a United States immigration policy that allows some individuals with unlawful presence in the United States after being brought to the country as children to receive ...

. *

January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The ...

– Scientists in China report in the journal ''

Cell Cell most often refers to: * Cell (biology), the functional basic unit of life Cell may also refer to: Locations * Monastic cell, a small room, hut, or cave in which a religious recluse lives, alternatively the small precursor of a monastery w ...

'' the creation of the first

monkey Monkey is a common name that may refer to most mammals of the infraorder Simiiformes, also known as the simians. Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes, which constitutes an incom ...

clones using

somatic cell nuclear transfer In genetics and developmental biology, somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is a laboratory strategy for creating a viable embryo from a body cell and an egg cell. The technique consists of taking an enucleated oocyte (egg cell) and implanting a ...

, named

Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua Zhong Zhong (, born 27 November 2017) and Hua Hua (, born 5 December 2017) are a pair of identical crab-eating macaques (also referred to as cynomolgus monkeys) that were created through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), the same cloning tec ...

. *

January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. *1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. *1564 – The Council of Trent ...

– 27 – The second round of voting of the

is held and

incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-el ...

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...

Miloš Zeman Miloš Zeman (; born 28 September 1944) is a Czech politician serving as the third and current President of the Czech Republic since 2013. He previously served as the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2002. As leader of the Czec ...

is reelected. *

January 28 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession ...

2018 Finnish presidential election Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2018. The incumbent Sauli Niinistö received 62.7% of the vote and was elected for a second term, avoiding a second round. The term is from 1 March 2018 to 1 February 2024 (if 2024 presid ...

Incumbent The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-el ...

Sauli Niinistö Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (; born 24 August 1948) is a Finnish politician who has served as president of Finland since March 2012, the 12th person to hold that office. A lawyer by education, Niinistö was Chairman of the National Coalition Pa ...

is reelected on the first round of voting. ** The first round of voting of the 2018 Cypriot presidential election is held. *

January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. *1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the ...

– A

total lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth' ...

takes place, the 49th eclipse of Lunar Saros 124. This was referred to by the media as a 'super blue blood moon' as it was close to a

supermoon A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that nearly coincides with perigee—the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth in its elliptic orbit—resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as viewed from Earth. ...

, with perigee being on January 30, and a

blue moon A blue moon is an additional full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year: the third of four full moons in a season. The phrase in modern usage has nothing to do with the actual color of the Moon, although a visually blue Moon (the Moon a ...

eclipse, the first since

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...

February

February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling ...

** The second round of voting of the 2018 Cypriot presidential election is held and

Nicos Anastasiades Nicos Anastasiades ( el, Νίκος Αναστασιάδης ; born 27 September 1946) is a Cypriot politician who is the current president of Cyprus since 2013. He was re-elected in 2018. Previously, he was the leader of Democratic Rally betw ...

is reelected. **

2018 Costa Rican general election General elections were held in Costa Rica in 2018 to elect both the President and Legislative Assembly. The first round of the presidential election was held on 4 February 2018, with the two highest-ranked candidates being Christian singer an ...

: The first round of voting of the presidential election and legislative election are held. * February 6 –

successfully conducts its maiden flight of its most powerful rocket to date, the

Falcon Heavy Falcon Heavy is a partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle that is produced by SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer. The rocket consists of two strap-on boosters made from Falcon 9 first stages, a center core also made from a Falc ...

, from LC39A at

John F. Kennedy Space Center The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten field centers. Since December 1968, ...

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...

. *

February 9 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. *1003 – Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland. *1539 – The first recorded race is held ...

– 25 – The

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

are held in

Pyeongchang Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of S ...

. *

February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end. *1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparki ...

–

Kay Goldsworthy Kay Maree Goldsworthy (born 1956) is an Australian bishop of the Anglican Church of Australia. She is the current archbishop of Perth in the Province of Western Australia.ABC Online Upon her installation as archbishop, on 10 February 2018, s ...

becomes the first female archbishop in the

Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Founded in 1867 in London, the communion has more than 85 million members within the Church of England and oth ...

on her installation in the

Anglican Diocese of Perth The Anglican Diocese of Perth is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The constitution of the Diocese of Perth was passed and adopted in 1872 at the first synod held in Western Australia. In 1914, the Province of West ...

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to ...

. *

February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...

–

2018 Monegasque general election General elections were held in Monaco on 11 February 2018. Since the General Election of 2013, the largest party, Horizon Monaco, split, which led to the formation of a new political party – Primo! Priorite Monaco. The latter won 58% of the ...

: The

Priorité Monaco Priorité Monaco ( en, Priority Monaco), styled Primo! (First!), is a Monegasque political party. It was founded by Stéphane Valeri in September 2017. It won the 2018 general election. Electoral history National Council elections Ref ...

party, led by

Stéphane Valeri Stéphane Valeri (born 1 March 1962) is a Monegasque politician and businessman. He served as the president of the National Council, which is the most powerful elected position in Monaco, between 22 February 2018 and 23 October 2022. He is the ...

, won 21 out of the 24 seats in the National Council. *

February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Lo ...

Jacob Zuma Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (; born 12 April 1942) is a South African politician who served as the fourth president of South Africa from 2009 to 2018. He is also referred to by his initials JZ and clan name Msholozi, and was a former anti-apart ...

resigns as

President of South Africa The president of South Africa is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of South Africa. The president heads the executive branch of the Government of South Africa and is the commander-in-chief of the South African Nation ...

after nine years in power. ** A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in

Parkland, Florida Parkland is a suburban city, 42 miles northwest of Miami, in northern Broward County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Parkland was 34,670. Parkland is part of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6,16 ...

is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 17 injuries. *

February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. *1268 &nd ...

Kizlyar church shooting On 18 February 2018, a 22-year-old man local to the Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan carrying a knife and a double-barreled shotgun opened fire on a crowd at an Orthodox church in Kizlyar, killing five women and injuring several other pe ...

: a man carrying a knife and a

double-barreled shotgun A double-barreled shotgun is a break-action shotgun with two parallel barrels, allowing two single shots to be fired in quick succession or simultaneously. Construction Modern double-barreled shotguns, often known as ''doubles'', are almost ...

opens fire on a crowd at an Orthodox church in

Kizlyar Kizlyar (russian: Кизля́р; av, Гъизляр; kum, Къызлар, ''Qızlar'') is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the border with the Chechen Republic in the delta of the Terek River northwest of Makhachkala, ...

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North ...

, killing five women and injuring several other people; the perpetrator is shot and killed by police.

March

March 4 Events Pre-1600 *AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title ''princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 852 – Croatian Knez (title), Knez Trpimir I of Cr ...

** Former Russian double agent

Sergei Skripal Sergei Viktorovich Skripal ( rus, Серге́й Ви́кторович Скрипáль, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ skrʲɪˈpalʲ; born 23 June 1951) is a former Russian military intelligence officer who acted as a double agent f ...

and his daughter, Yulia, are poisoned by the

Novichok Novichok (russian: Новичо́к, lit=newcomer, novice, newbie) is a group of nerve agents, some of which are binary chemical weapons. The agents were developed at the GosNIIOKhT state chemical research institute by the Soviet Union and Ru ...

nerve agent Nerve agents, sometimes also called nerve gases, are a class of organic chemicals that disrupt the mechanisms by which nerves transfer messages to organs. The disruption is caused by the blocking of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), an enzyme that ...

Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

. UK

counter-terrorism Counterterrorism (also spelled counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, incorporates the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that Government, governments, law enforcement, business, and Intelligence agency, intellig ...

police investigate amid speculation the

Kremlin The Kremlin ( rus, Московский Кремль, r=Moskovskiy Kreml', p=ˈmɐˈskofskʲɪj krʲemlʲ, t=Moscow Kremlin) is a fortified complex in the center of Moscow founded by the Rurik dynasty. It is the best known of the kremlins (Ru ...

was behind the incident. ** The

2018 Salvadoran legislative election Legislative elections were held in El Salvador on 4 March 2018 to choose 84 members of the Legislative Assembly and 262 mayors. The elections were carried out by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. Electoral system The 84 members of the Legislat ...

is held to elect all 84 members of the

Legislative Assembly of El Salvador The Legislative Assembly ( es, Asamblea Legislativa) is the legislative branch of the government of El Salvador. Structure The Salvadoran legislature is a unicameral body. It is made up of 84 deputies, all of whom are elected by direct popu ...

. ** The

2018 Italian general election The 2018 Italian general election was held on 4 March 2018 after the Italian Parliament was dissolved by President Sergio Mattarella on 28 December 2017. Voters were electing the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective memb ...

is held to elect all 315 members of the Senate of the Republic and all 630 members of the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon ...

. *

March 6 Events Pre-1600 *12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. * 845 ...

–

2018 Russian Air Force Antonov An-26 crash On 6 March 2018 an Antonov An-26 transport aircraft crashed on approach to Khmeimim air base in Syria, killing all 39 people on board. All of them were servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces, including Major-General Vladimir Yeremeyev. Aircraft ...

: An

Antonov An-26 The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. "Antonov's Turboprop Twi ...

transport aircraft operated by the

Russian Air Force "Air March" , mascot = , anniversaries = 12 August , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = , decorations = , batt ...

crashes on approach to

Khmeimim air base Khmeimim Air Base ( Russian: Хмеймим), also Hmeimim Air Base, is a Syrian airbase currently operated by Russia, located south-east of the city of Latakia in Hmeimim, Latakia Governorate, Syria. The airbase shares some airfield facilitie ...

in Syria, killing all 39 people on board. All of them were servicemen of the

Russian Armed Forces The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (, ), commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military forces of Russia. In terms of active-duty personnel, they are the world's fifth-largest military force, with at least two m ...

, including Major-General Vladimir Yeremeyev. *

March 9 Events Pre-1600 * 141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. * 1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. *1226 &nda ...

– 18 – The

2018 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 49 , athletes = 569 , events = 80 in 6 sports , opening = 9 March , closing = 18 March , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Eun-jungSeo Soon-seok , stadium = Pyeongchang Olymp ...

are held in

. *

–

President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal gove ...

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of ...

accepts an invitation from North Korean leader

for a meeting in May to discuss the denuclearisation of North Korea. *

March 11 Events Pre-1600 * 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander. * 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the ve ...

** China's government approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders, granting

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, ...

the status of " President for Life". Xi is also the

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party The general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party () is the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1989, the CCP general secretary has been the paramount leader ...

(

paramount leader Paramount leader () is an informal term for the most important political figure in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The paramount leader typically controls the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), often hol ...

). ** The

2018 Colombian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 11 March 2018 to elect 102 members of the Senate and 165 members of the House of Representatives. Electoral system The Chamber of Representatives consisted of 172 members; 162 were elected by ...

is held to elect all 102 members of the

Senate of Colombia The Senate of the Republic of Colombia ( es, Senado de la República de Colombia) is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the House of Representatives. The Senate has 108 members elected for concurrent (non ...

and all 165 members of the

House of Representatives of Colombia The Chamber of Representatives (Spanish: ''Cámara de Representantes'') is the lower house of the Congress of Colombia. It has 172 members elected to four-year terms. Electoral system According to the Colombian Constitution, the Chamber of R ...

. *

March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. *1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the C ...

– Flight BS211 crashes and bursts into flames at

Tribhuvan International Airport Tribhuvan International Airport (Nepali: त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल) (, colloquially referred to as TIA) is an international airport located in Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal. It ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

, killing 51 of the 71 people aboard. The 20 surviving passengers were seriously injured from the impact and the fire. *

March 13 Events Pre-1600 *624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh. * 1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War. * 1591 – At the Battle of ...

– The

2018 Grenadian general election General elections were held in Grenada on 13 March 2018. The result was a victory for the New National Party and incumbent Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, winning his fifth term in office. Electoral system The 15 members of the House of Repre ...

is held to elect all 15 members of the

House of Representatives of Grenada The Parliament of Grenada is composed of the monarch and two chambers: Senate and the House of Representatives. It operates from the New Parliament Building in St. George's. Structure Parliament consists of the King, represented by the Gove ...

, the lower chamber of the

Parliament of Grenada The Parliament of Grenada is composed of the monarch and two chambers: Senate and the House of Representatives. It operates from the New Parliament Building in St. George's. Structure Parliament consists of the King, represented by the Gove ...

and the New National Party won all 15 seats for the second consecutive time. *

March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. *1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguen ...

– In response to gun violence in the United States, and particularly triggered by the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, thousands of high school students across the country participate in an organized protest they called the National School Walkout. *

March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. *1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ar ...

– In the

Russian presidential election Russian presidential elections determine who will serve as the president of Russia for the next six (formerly four from 1996 to 2012 and five from 1991 to 1996) years. Since the establishment of the position of the President of Russia in 1991, t ...

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime m ...

is elected for a fourth term. *

March 19 Events Pre-1600 *1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. * 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen end ...

– The world's last male

northern white rhinoceros The northern white rhinoceros or northern white rhino (''Ceratotherium simum cottoni'') is one of two subspecies of the white rhinoceros (the other being the southern white rhinoceros). Formerly found in several countries in East and Central Af ...

dies in Kenya, making the subspecies

functionally extinct Functional extinction is the extinction of a species or other taxon such that: #It disappears from the fossil record, or historic reports of its existence cease; #The reduced population no longer plays a significant role in ecosystem An ec ...

. *

March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the '' Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas ...

– The

2018 Antiguan general election General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 21 March 2018 to elect members to House of Representatives of the 15th Antigua and Barbuda Parliament. Each of the 17 constituencies elected one Member of Parliament (MP). The governing ...

is held to elect all 17 members of the

House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda The House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda is the lower chamber of the country's bicameral parliament. The current House of Representatives has a total of 19 members. 17 members are directly elected to five-year terms from single mem ...

, the

lower chamber A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has come to wield more power or oth ...

of the

Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda The Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda consists of the King of Antigua and Barbuda, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Parliament as a whole is charged with certain responsibilities and is given special powers and privileges in ord ...

and the governing

Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) is a political party in Antigua and Barbuda. The current leader of the party is Gaston Browne, who serves as the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. The party had previously been led by Lester Bird ...

win 15 out of 17 seats. *

March 23 Events Pre-1600 *1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. *1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last rel ...

– An Islamic terrorist attack in Carcassonne and Trèbes,

, kills five people, including the perpetrator. *

March 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6. *1387 – English victory over a Franco- Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margate ...

– In over 900 cities internationally, people participate in

demonstrations Demonstration may refer to: * Demonstration (acting), part of the Brechtian approach to acting * Demonstration (military), an attack or show of force on a front where a decision is not sought * Demonstration (political), a political rally or prot ...

against

gun violence Gun-related violence is violence committed with the use of a firearm. Gun-related violence may or may not be considered criminal. Criminal violence includes homicide (except when and where ruled justifiable), assault with a deadly weapon, an ...

and

mass shooting There is a lack of consensus on how to define a mass shooting. Most terms define a minimum of three or four victims of gun violence (not including the shooter or in an inner city) in a short period of time, although an Australian study from 200 ...

s, calling for stronger gun control in the "

". *

March 25 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. * 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to visi ...

Qantas Qantas Airways Limited ( ) is the flag carrier of Australia and the country's largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations. It is the List of airlines by foundation date, world's third-oldest airline sti ...

launches direct non-stop

Boeing 787 Dreamliner The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is an American wide-body jet airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After dropping its unconventional Sonic Cruiser project, Boeing announced the conventional 7E7 on January 29, 2003, ...

flights between

Perth Airport Perth Airport is an international, domestic and general aviation airport serving Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. It is the fourth busiest airport in Australia measured by passenger movements and falls within the boundaries o ...

and Heathrow Airport, making it the first commercially non-stop service between Australia and the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

. **

2018 Kemerovo fire On 25 March 2018 at 16:00 local time (9:00 UTC), a fire engulfed the "Zimnyaya vishnya" shopping mall and entertainment complex in Kemerovo, Russia. It killed at least 60 people (more than half of which were children) according to official st ...

: At least 60 people are killed and 79 others injured in a fire at the Winter Cherry shopping mall and entertainment complex in

Kemerovo Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka and Tom Rivers, in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk ...

, Russia. *

March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. *1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is ...

– More than 100 Russian diplomats are expelled by more than 20 countries in the wake of the

poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal On 4 March 2018, Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military officer and double agent for the British intelligence agencies, and his daughter, Yulia Skripal, were poisoned in the city of Salisbury, England. According to UK sources and the Or ...

. *

March 28 Events Pre-1600 * AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Di ...

** North Korean supreme leader

meets Chinese paramount leader

, leaving the country for the first time since assuming office in 2011. ** At least 78 people die in a fire in the police headquarters of

Valencia, Venezuela Valencia () is the capital city of Carabobo State and the third-largest city in Venezuela. The city is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's top industries and manufacturing companies. It is also the largest city in the Valencia-Maracay m ...

April

April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held. * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios ...

–

: The second round of voting for the presidential election is held and Citizens' Action Party candidate

Carlos Alvarado Quesada Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada (; born 14 January 1980) is a Costa Rican politician, writer, journalist and political scientist who served as the 48th president of Costa Rica from 8 May 2018 to 8 May 2022. A member of the Citizens' Action P ...

is elected

. *

April 4 Events Pre-1600 *503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...

– 15 – The

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, ...

are held in

Gold Coast, Queensland The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the ...

, Australia. *

April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of hi ...

– Former

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist, and former metalworker who is the president-elect of Brazil. A member of the Workers' Par ...

is given an arrest warrant after a vote by the Supreme Court voted 6–5 in favor of denying his ''

habeas corpus ''Habeas corpus'' (; from Medieval Latin, ) is a recourse in law through which a person can report an unlawful detention or imprisonment to a court and request that the court order the custodian of the person, usually a prison official, t ...

'', due to corruption and other scandals. *

April 6 Events Pre–1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus. * 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. * ...

– A semi-truck collides with a bus carrying the

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junior team in

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...

, killing 16 and injuring 13 people. *

April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First '' Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Emp ...

– 2018 Münster attack: A man drives a van into people seated outside restaurants in a

pedestrianised Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town reserved for pedestrian-only use and in whi ...

square in the old part of the German city of

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state d ...

. * April 8 ** Syrian Civil War: At least 70 people are reported to have died and hundreds suffering injuries after a sarin chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta. **The

2018 Hungarian parliamentary election The 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election took place on 8 April 2018. This parliamentary election was the eighth since the 1990 first multi-party election and the second since the adoption of a new Constitution of Hungary which came into force on ...

is held to elect all 199 members of the

National Assembly of Hungary The National Assembly ( hu, Országgyűlés, lit=Country Assembly) is the parliament of Hungary. The unicameral body consists of 199 (386 between 1990 and 2014) members elected to 4-year terms. Election of members is done using a semi-proporti ...

and the Fidesz–KDNP Party Alliance won 133 out of 199 seats. *

April 11 Events Pre-1600 * 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. *1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. * 1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Fer ...

– 257 people are killed after an Ilyushin Il-76 belonging to the Algerian Air Force crashes near Algiers. *

April 14 Events Pre-1600 *43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Ot ...

– Syrian Civil War: The

, the

and

order the bombing of Syrian military bases in response to the sarin attack allegedly by the Bashar al-Assad regime on civilians in

Ghouta Ghouta ( ar, غُوطَةُ دِمَشْقَ / ALA-LC: ''Ḡūṭat Dimašq'') is a countryside and suburban area in southwestern Syria that surrounds the city of Damascus along its eastern and southern rim. Name Ghouta is the Arabic term (' ...

. *

April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. *1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscar ...

– The

2018 Montenegrin presidential election Presidential elections were held in Montenegro on 15 April 2018. Former Prime Minister Milo Đukanović, leader of the ruling DPS was elected as new President of Montenegro in the first round. Electoral system The president is elected using th ...

is held and the

Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro The Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro ( cnr, Демократска партија социјалиста Црне Горе, Demokratska partija socijalista Crne Gore, DPS) is a populist political party in Montenegro. A former long-time ...

candidate, former

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and former

Milo Đukanović Milo Đukanović ( cnr, Мило Ђукановић, ; born 15 February 1962) is a Montenegrin politician serving as the President of Montenegro since 2018, previously serving in the role from 1998 to 2003. He also served as the Prime Minister ...

is elected on the first round of voting. *

April 18 Events Pre-1600 * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days. *1428 – Peace of Ferrara be ...

** In

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begin against announced reforms of Social Security which would decrease retirement pension benefits. An estimated number of 34 protesters are killed by police. ** Cinemas open in

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for the first time since 1983 with the American film ''

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'' chosen as the first to be screened. ** NASA's

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS, Explorer 95 or MIDEX-7) is a space telescope for NASA's Explorer program, designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method in an area 400 times larger than that covered by the ''Keple ...

(TESS) is launched. *

April 19 Events Pre-1600 *AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians ...

Miguel Díaz-Canel Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel y Bermúdez (; born 20 April 1960) also known as MADCB, is a politician and engineer who is the third first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. Díaz-Canel succeeds the brothers Fidel and Raúl Castro, making ...

is sworn in as President of Cuba, replacing

Raúl Castro Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (; ; born 3 June 1931) is a retired Cuban politician and general who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most senior position in the one-party communist state, from 2011 to 2021, succeed ...

, but Castro remains the

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, the most powerful position in Cuba. ** Swaziland changes its English name, officially becoming the Kingdom of Eswatini. *

April 20 Events Pre-1600 * 1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII. 1601–1900 *1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament. *1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroy ...

– The

2018 Bhutanese National Council election National Council elections were held in Bhutan on 20 April 2018. Electoral system Twenty of the 25 members of the National Council are elected from single-member constituencies using first-past-the-post voting.National Council of Bhutan The National Council is the upper house of Bhutan's bicameral Parliament, which also comprises the Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) and the National Assembly. Similar to the Rajya Sabha of neighbouring India and the upper houses of other bicameral W ...

, the

upper house An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restric ...

of the

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Parliament of Bhutan. *

April 22 Events Pre-1600 *1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. *1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. *1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern he ...

– The

2018 Paraguayan general election General elections were held in Paraguay on 22 April 2018. President Horacio Cartes and Vice-President Juan Afara of the Colorado Party were not eligible for re-election. The presidential elections were won by the Colorado Party's Mario Abdo Be ...

is held to elect the

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, all 45 members of the Chamber of Senators of Paraguay and all 80 members of the

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. Colorado Party candidate

Mario Abdo Benítez Mario Abdo Benítez (; born 10 November 1971) is a Paraguayan politician who has served as the president of Paraguay since 2018. He was previously a senator and President of the Senate. Early life and education Abdo Benítez was born in Asu ...

is elected president, the Colorado Party wins 17 out of 45 seats in the Chamber of Senators and 42 out of 80 members in the Chamber of Deputies. *

April 23 Events Pre-1600 *215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. *599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in south ...

– A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 others in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most pop ...

, Canada. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested. *

April 27 Events Pre-1600 * 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the '' ludi saeculares''. * 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes o ...

–

crosses into

to meet with President

, becoming the first

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and ...

n leader to cross the

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since its creation in 1953.

May

May 3 Events Pre-1600 * 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. *1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. ...

** The separatist group

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officially announces its final dissolution after 40 years of conflict and more than 800 deaths in

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. ** The

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causes destruction of structures and forces thousands of residents of

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to evacuate as lava floods the land. *

May 5 Events Pre-1600 * 553 – The Second Council of Constantinople begins. *1215 – Rebel barons renounce their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta. *1260 – Kubl ...

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'' is launched. It landed on

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in November and uses a drill to conduct geological science. ** In

, clocks are adjusted to

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(GMT+09:00) to the same as

May 8 Events Pre-1600 *453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...

– U.S. President

announces his intention to withdraw the

from the Iranian nuclear agreement. *

– 12 – The

Eurovision Song Contest 2018 The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 was the 63rd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Lisbon, Portugal, following the country's victory at the with the song " Amar pelos dois" by Salvador Sobral. Organised by the European B ...

is held in Lisbon,

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, and is won by Israeli entrant

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with the song "

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". *

May 9 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. * 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy. *1386 – England and Portugal formally ...

– The opposition-led

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coalition, led by former

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Mahathir Mohamad Mahathir bin Mohamad ( ms, محاضير بن محمد, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; ; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author, and physician who served as the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the office ...

, secures a

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in the

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as the result of the

2018 Malaysian general election The 2018 Malaysian General Election, formally known as the 14th Malaysian General Election (), was held on Wednesday, 9 May 2018, for members of the 14th Parliament of Malaysia. At stake were all 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat (the legislature ...

, ending the 61-year rule of the

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coalition since

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in 1957. *

May 12 Events Pre-1600 * 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism. * 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tan ...

– The

2018 East Timorese parliamentary election Early parliamentary elections were held in East Timor on 12 May 2018 after the National Parliament (East Timor), National Parliament was dissolved by President Francisco Guterres on 26 January 2018. The Alliance for Change and Progress (AMP), ...

is held to elect all 65 members of the National Parliament of East Timor and the Alliance for Change and Progress ( CNRT– PLP–

KHUNTO Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan (, KHUNTO) is a political party in East Timor. History KHUNTO was officially registered on 22 June 2011 and is affiliated with the martial arts group ''Korka''. In the 2012 parliamentary elections it r ...

) wins 34 out of 65 seats. *

May 16 Events Pre-1600 * 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. *1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. *1364 ...

– The

Yang di-Pertuan Agong The Yang di-Pertuan Agong (, Jawi: ), also known as the Supreme Head of the Federation, the Paramount Ruler or simply as the Agong, and unofficially as the King of Malaysia, is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia. The o ...

Sultan Muhammad V Sultan Muhammad V ( Jawi: ; born 6 October 1969) has reigned as the 29th Sultan of Kelantan since September 2010 and served as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from December 2016 until his abdication in January 2019. He was proclaimed ...

, pardons

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n opposition leader

Anwar Ibrahim Anwar bin Ibrahim ( ms, انور بن ابراهيم, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, IPA: ; born 10 August 1947) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia since November 2022. He served as the 12 ...

who is immediately released. *

May 18 Events Pre-1600 * 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. * 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 4 ...

– Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashed shortly after take-off near

José Martí International Airport José Martí International Airport , sometimes known by its former name Rancho Boyeros Airport, is an international airport located southwest of the centre of Havana, Cuba, and is a hub for Cubana de Aviación and Aerogaviota, and former Lati ...

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

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, killing 112 people and leaving only one survivor. *

May 19 Events Pre-1600 * 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace. * 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected. * 1051 – Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev. *1445 &nd ...

– The

wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was held on Saturday 19 May 2018 in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom. The groom is a member of the British royal family; the bride is American and previously worked as an ...

was held at

St George's Chapel St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gar ...

, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion. *

May 20 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. * 491 – Empress Ariadne (empress), Ariadne marries Anastasius I Dicorus, Anastasius I. The widow ...

– The

2018 Venezuelan presidential election Presidential elections were held in Venezuela on 20 May 2018, with incumbent Nicolás Maduro being declared re-elected for a second six-year term. The original electoral date was scheduled for December 2018 but was subsequently pulled ahead to ...

was held with incumbent President Nicolás Maduro reelected with 67.8% of the vote and the lowest turnout in

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...

's modern democratic history since the 1958 coup d'état. The elections were denounced as a "sham" by several Latin American countries, the

, the Organization of American States and the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been ...

. *

May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. *1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus La ...

** Foreign journalists report that tunnels in the

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have been destroyed by the

n government in a move to reduce regional tensions. ** The

2018 Barbadian general election General elections were held in Barbados on 24 May 2018. The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP), which won all 30 seats in the House of Assembly,House of Assembly of Barbados The House of Assembly of Barbados is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Barbados. It has 30 Members of Parliament (MPs), who are directly elected in single member constituencies using the simple-majority (or first-past-the-post) sy ...

, the lower house of the

Parliament of Barbados The Parliament of Barbados is the national legislature of Barbados. It is accorded legislative supremacy by Chapter V of the Constitution of Barbados.Constitution, Chapter V, Part 1; Section 35 The Parliament is bicameral in composition and i ...

and the

Barbados Labour Party The Barbados Labour Party (BLP), colloquially known as the "Bees", is a social democratic political party in Barbados established in 1938. Led by Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, it is the governing party of Barbados and the sole ruling part ...

wins all 30 seats. *

May 25 Events Pre-1600 *567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. *240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. *1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes Tol ...

** The

's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect, imposing strict privacy controls for European citizens worldwide. ** A constitutional referendum on whether to repeal the ban on abortion in Ireland takes place, with a landslide win of 66.4% to 33.6% for the repeal side. ** Solo: A Star Wars Story released in the United States. *

May 26 Events Pre-1600 * 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe. * 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire tak ...

–

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

wins the 2017-18 Champions League held in

Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

by beating

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in the final 3–1. *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 *1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. *1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...

– The first round of voting of the

2018 Colombian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 May 2018. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, the second round of voting was held on 17 June. Incumbent president Juan Manuel Santos was ineligible to seek a third term. Iván Du ...

is held. *

May 31 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome. *1223 – Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kie ...

– The U.S. announces that it will extend its tariffs on imported steel (25%) and aluminium (10%) to include the EU,

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

and

, starting at midnight.

June

June 2 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks. * 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later. 1601� ...

–

Pedro Sánchez Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (; born 29 February 1972) is a Spanish politician who has been Prime Minister of Spain since June 2018. He has also been Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) since June 2017, having pr ...

is appointed new

Prime Minister of Spain The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government ( es, link=no, Presidente del Gobierno), is the head of government of Spain. The office was established in its current form by the Constitution of 1978 and it was first regula ...

, a day after a

vote of no confidence A motion of no confidence, also variously called a vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or mana ...

against his predecessor,

Mariano Rajoy Mariano Rajoy Brey (; born 27 March 1955) is a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018, when a vote of no confidence ousted his government. On 5 June 2018, he announced his resignation as People's Party le ...

. *

June 3 Events Pre-1600 * 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. * 713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, de ...

** At least 109 people are killed and hundreds wounded by the

eruption Several types of volcanic eruptions—during which lava, tephra (ash, lapilli, volcanic bombs and volcanic blocks), and assorted gases are expelled from a volcanic vent or fissure—have been distinguished by volcanologists. These are of ...

Volcán de Fuego Volcán de Fuego (; Spanish for "Volcano of Fire", often shortened to Fuego) or Chi Q'aq' (Kaqchikel for "where the fire is") is an active stratovolcano in Guatemala, on the borders of Chimaltenango, Escuintla and Sacatepéquez departments. ...

, Guatemala's deadliest volcanic eruption in over a century. ** Snap parliamentary elections are held in

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...

, following the resignation of

Miro Cerar Miroslav Cerar Jr. (, known as Miro Cerar ;) is a Slovenian law professor and politician. He was Prime Minister of Slovenia, leading the 12th Government. He served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 13th Government ...

, to elect all 90 members of the

National Assembly of Slovenia The National Assembly ( sl, Državni zbor Republike Slovenije, or ), is the general representative body of Slovenia. According to the Constitution of Slovenia and the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, it is the major part of the distinctively ...

, the lower house of the

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. *

June 8 Events Pre-1600 * 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. * 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces a ...

– 9 – The 44th G7 summit is held in

. President Trump pushes for the reinstatement of the G8 (to include

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

). He also proposes the elimination of

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s. *

June 12 Events Pre-1600 * 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors. *1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of F ...

** The

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is held in

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. It is the first summit between a sitting United States President and a North Korean leader. **

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ...

and the

Republic of Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

reach a deal to end a 27-year naming dispute between both countries, which would result in Macedonia being officially renamed the Republic of North Macedonia. *

June 13 Events Pre-1600 * 313 – The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia. * 1325 – Ibn Battut ...

– FIFA awards hosting rights for the 2026 World Cup to a joint bid from

and the

. *

June 14 Events Pre-1600 *1158 – The city of Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar. *1216 – First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France takes the city of Winchester, abandoned by John, King of England, and soon ...

–

July 15 Events Pre-1600 *484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome * 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. ( 17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). * 756 – ...

– The

2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...

is held in

and is won by

, which hosted the

UEFA Euro 2016 The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2016) or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe ...

tournament from

June 10 Events Pre-1600 * 671 – Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called ''Rokoku''. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu. *1190 – Third Crusade: Frederick I ...

July 10 Events Pre-1600 *138 – Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina. * 645 – Isshi Incident: Prince Na ...

, 2016. *

June 16 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Emperor Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal, Roman forces suffer several attacks from the Persians. * 632 – Yazdegerd III ascends the throne as king ...

– Seventeen people die in

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following the El Paraíso stampede after a tear gas canister is detonated in a crowded club. *

June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. *1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...

– The second round of voting of the

is held and the Democratic Center party candidate

Iván Duque Iván Duque Márquez (; born 1 August 1976) is a Colombian politician and lawyer who served as the president of Colombia from 2018 to 2022. He was elected as the candidate from the Democratic Centre Party in the 2018 Colombian presidential ...

is elected

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. *

June 19 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea. *1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle change ...

** The United States announces it will withdraw from the

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. ** Canada becomes the first major industrialised country to legalise cannabis for recreational use. The Bill which legalises cannabis took effect on

October 17 Events Pre-1600 * 690 – Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty ...

. *

June 22 Events Pre-1600 *217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. * 168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Per ...

–

July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...

– The

2018 Mediterranean Games The 2018 Mediterranean Games ( es, Juegos Mediterráneos de 2018), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games ( es, XVIII Juegos Mediterráneos) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 Jun ...

are held in

Tarragona Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tar ...

. *

June 24 Events Pre-1600 *1312 BC – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa. *109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, northwest of Rome. ...

** Saudi Arabia allows women to drive. ** Early general elections was held in Turkey to elect the president of Turkey and all 600 members of the

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, Turkey's

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multi ...

legislature. Justice and Development Party candidate,

is reelected and the Justice and Development Party, led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan comes out as the largest party winning 295 out of 600 seats.

July

– The

2018 Mexican general election General elections were held in Mexico on 1 July 2018. Voters elected a new President of Mexico to serve a six-year term, 128 members of the Senate for a period of six years and 500 members of the Chamber of Deputies for a period of three years. ...

is held to elect the

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, all 128 members of the Senate of the Republic and all 500 members of the

.The presidential candidate of the

Juntos Haremos Historia Juntos Haremos Historia () was a Mexican political coalition encompassing the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), Labor Party (PT), and Social Encounter Party (PES), the latter of which was consequently absorbed into the National Regenerat ...

coalition,

Andrés Manuel López Obrador Andrés Manuel López Obrador (; born 13 November 1953), also known by his initials AMLO, is a Mexican politician who has been serving as the 65th president of Mexico since 1 December 2018. He previously served as Head of Government of Mex ...

is elected president and the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition wins a majority of 69 out of 128 out of seats in the Senate and 312 out of 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. * July 5 ** Lithuania becomes the 36th member of the OECD. ** The 2018 North American heat wave takes place, killing 33 people in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. * July 6 ** Former Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara and six other main members of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the Tokyo subway sarin attack, 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, are executed by hanging. ** U.S. tariffs on United States dollar, US$ 34 billion of Chinese goods come into effect, as President Trump suggests the final total could reach $550bn. China accuses the U.S. of starting the "largest trade war in economic history" and announces immediate retaliatory tariffs. * July 7 – 2018 Japan floods, a torrential heavy massive rain, flash flood, landslide hit in Hiroshima, Kurashiki and Ehime Prefecture, Japan. According to Japanese government official confirmed report, 232 people were killed and 459 injured. * July 9 – Eritrea and Ethiopia officially declare an end to their Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict, twenty-year conflict. *

– Twelve boys and their football coach are successfully rescued from the flooded Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand, following a Tham Luang cave rescue, 17-day ordeal that gained worldwide attention. * July 11–July 12, 12 – The 2018 Brussels summit, 2018 Brussels NATO summit is held in Belgium. * July 17 – The Japan–European Union relations, EU–Japan Economic Partnership Agreement is signed, the world's largest bilateral free trade deal, creating an open trade zone covering nearly one-third of global GDP. *July 19- A Tourist duck boat capsizes and sinks in Branson, Missouri during a severe thunderstorm, resulting in the deaths of 17 people. * July 23 – The Saddle Dam D in Paksong, Laos 2018 Laos dam collapse, collapsed leaving up to 1100 people missing. * July 25 – Scientists report the presence of a Water on Mars#Subglacial liquid water, subglacial lake on Mars, below the southern polar ice cap and extending sideways about , the first known body of water on the planet. * July 26 ** Heavy 2018 Attica wildfires, wildfires in Greece leave 102 dead and more than a hundred buildings destroyed. ** The share price of Facebook drops by almost 20 percent after the company warns investors that user growth has slowed following the data leak scandal. Over $109 billion is wiped from its market value, the largest single day loss in corporate history. * July 27 – The longest July 2018 lunar eclipse, total lunar eclipse of the 21st century occurs, lasting 102 minutes and 57.3 seconds, but the longest total lunar eclipse of the 3rd millennium will occur on May 12, 2264, lasting 106 minutes and 13.2 seconds, over 3 minutes longer than this eclipse. It was the 38th eclipse of Lunar Saros 129, with an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.60868. The total lunar eclipse with the greatest magnitude in the 21st century will occur on June 2029 lunar eclipse, June 26, 2029, with an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.84362. * July 31 **

makes its closest approach to Earth since 2003, four days after reaching opposition. ** Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 crashed on takeoff from Durango International Airport. Shortly after becoming airborne, the plane encountered sudden wind shear caused by a microburst. The plane rapidly lost speed and altitude and impacted the runway, detaching the engines and skidding to a halt about 1,000 feet (300 m) beyond the runway. The plane caught fire and was destroyed. All 103 people on board survived, but 39 passengers and crew members were injured.

August

* August 1 – The 2018 Kivu Ebola outbreak begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It becomes the second-deadliest outbreak of the Ebola virus on November 29, surpassed only by the 2013 West African Ebola virus epidemic. * August 2 – Apple Inc. becomes the world's first public company to achieve a market capitalization of $1 trillion. * August 5 - 5 August 2018 Lombok earthquake, A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the island of Lombok, Indonesia, killing 563 people and injuring more than a thousand people. * August 7 – The United States reimposes sanctions on Iran. * August 10–August 20, 20 – Heavy rainfall causes 2018 Kerala floods, severe floods in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the worst flood to hit the state in a century. * August 12 ** The five littoral states –

, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan – sign the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, ending the 20-year long dispute over the Caspian Sea's legal status. **

launches the uncrewed ''Parker Solar Probe'' to study the Sun at close range and the solar wind. * August 14 – Part of the Morandi Bridge collapses after a violent storm in Genoa, Italy, causing 43 fatalities. Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio and transport minister Danilo Toninelli blame private company Autostrade per l'Italia. * August 18 – September 2 – The 2018 Asian Games are held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. * August 20 – 15 year old Swedish pupil Greta Thunberg starts to School strike for the climate, stay out of school in an attempt to give attention to the global warming, climate change issue. * August 23 – Ecuador withdraws from ALBA. * August 24 – Scott Morrison succeeds Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister of Australia following a Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills, 2018, leadership ballot. Morrison is sworn in as Prime Minister later that evening. *August 25 – The KSI vs. Logan Paul, amateur boxing match between KSI and Logan Paul takes place at Manchester Arena, the fight is dubbed as the biggest amateur boxing match in history. * August 26 - Three people are killed and eleven wounded during a Jacksonville Landing shooting, mass shooting at a Madden NFL 19, Madden NFL '19 video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.

September

* September 2 – National Museum (Rio de Janeiro)#2018 fire, A fire breaks out in the National Museum (Rio de Janeiro), National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, destroying more than 90 percent of its archive of 20 million items. * September 6 – The Supreme Court of India decriminalises homosexuality. * September 9 – The 2018 Swedish general election is held to elect all 349 members of the Riksdag, Sweden, Sweden's

legislature. * September 16 - Hydrail train enters service on the Buxtehude-Bremervörde-Bremerhaven-Cuxhaven line in Lower Saxony, Germany. * September 17 – Syrian Civil War: While the Israeli Air Force conduct missile strikes that hit targets in western Syria, a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance plane is Syria missile strikes (September 2018), shot down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile, killing all 15 Russian servicemen on board. Russia blamed Israel's military for the accident because the Israeli jets that conducted the strikes allegedly used the Russian plane as cover to allow them to approach their targets without being hit by Syrian fire. * September 20 – The Sinking of the MV Nyerere, MV ''Nyerere'' capsizes on Lake Victoria, killing at least 228 passengers. * September 22 – Ahvaz military parade attack, An attack at a military parade kills 30 people (including 5 attackers) and injures 70 more in Ahvaz, Iran. * September 28 – 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami, A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia, causing a tsunami that kills at least 4,340 people and injures more than 10,679 others.

October

*October 1 – The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean, not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia. * October 2 – ''The Washington Post'' journalist Jamal Khashoggi is Murder of Jamal Khashoggi, murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, triggering a diplomatic crisis for Saudi Arabia. * October 6 – The 2018 Latvian parliamentary election is held to elect All 100 members of the Saeima, Latvia, Latvia's

legislature. * October 8 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC releases its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C, warning that "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society" are needed to ensure that global warming is kept below 1.5 °C. * October 10 – Hurricane Michael makes landfall at Mexico Beach, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h) and a minimum pressure of . It is the most intense hurricane to hit the mainland United States since Hurricane Camille, Camille in 1969. * October 16 – Canada legalises the sale and use of cannabis, becoming the second country in the world to do so, after Uruguay in 2013. *

– Kerch Polytechnic College massacre, A school shooting and bomb attack in Kerch, Crimea, kills 20 people and injures 70 others. * October 19 ** At least 59 people are killed and at least 100 injured when a Amritsar train disaster, train runs through a crowd at a Hindu festival in Punjab, India. ** The uncrewed European-Japanese spacecraft ''BepiColombo'' is launched on a seven-year journey to Mercury (planet), Mercury. * October 20 ** 700,000 people Opposition to Brexit in the United Kingdom#The People's Vote March for the Future, march through central London demanding a second referendum on the final Brexit deal. The event is the second most attended protest of the 21st century in the United Kingdom after the 15 February 2003 anti-war protest, "Stop the War" anti-Iraq War march in 2003. ** President Trump announces that the US will "terminate" the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty over alleged Russian violations. * October 23 – The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, the world's longest sea crossing bridge, is opened by Chinese Paramount leader

. * October 27 - Michael D. Higgins is officially declared President of Ireland after receiving 822,566 first preference votes. * October 28 – The right-wing Jair Bolsonaro is elected as the next President of Brazil, with 55% of the vote. * October 29 – Lion Air Flight 610 crashes off the coast of Java, killing all 189 people on board. * October 30 –

's ''Kepler (spacecraft), Kepler'' mission ends after the spacecraft runs out of fuel.

November

* November 1 – NASA's ''Dawn (spacecraft), Dawn'' mission concludes after it runs out of hydrazine fuel. * November 4 **New Caledonia holds an 2018 New Caledonian independence referendum, independence referendum, with 56.4% voting against independence versus 43.6% in favour. **2018 Amazonas ambush, Amazonas ambush, three Venezuelan border guards were killed and ten were wounded in a suspected Colombian National Liberation Army (Colombia), ELN guerrilla attack in the Venezuelan Amazonas (Brazilian state), Amazonas state. * November 5 - Two U.S. space probes simultaneously (and coincidentally) reach "opposite" milestones in relation to the solar heliosphere: Voyager 2 passed through the Heliopause (astronomy), heliopause, the outer limit of the Sun's magnetic field, into Interstellar medium, interstellar space within hours of the Parker Solar Probe reaching its first perihelion, the closest point to the Sun on its initial orbit. * November 8 – The Camp Fire (2018), Camp Fire ignites in Butte County, California. It becomes California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire, with 88 deaths and 18,804 buildings destroyed. * November 11 – Many nations around the world, particularly ones in Europe and the Commonwealth, along with the United States, commemorate the Armistice Day centenary, centenary of the end of World War I with Armistice Day, Veterans Day, and Remembrance Day ceremonies, speeches, parades, and memorials. * November 26 – NASA's ''

'' probe successfully lands on the surface of

. * November 27 – Kerch Strait incident: Ukraine declares martial law after an armed incident in which the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Coast Guard (Russia), coast guard fired upon and captured three Ukrainian Navy vessels attempting to pass from the Black Sea into the Sea of Azov through the Kerch Strait. * November 28 – Chinese scientist He Jiankui, at a public conference in Hong Kong, announces that he has Genetically modified organism, altered the DNA of twin human girls born earlier in the month to try to make them resistant to infection with the HIV virus; he also reveals the possible second pregnancy of another gene-modified baby. * November 30 - The Kanden Tunnel Electric Bus, Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus, one of the last remaining Japanese trolleybus systems, closes.

December

* December 1–December 8, 8 –

experiences its worst civil unrest since the May 1968 events in France, protests of 1968 due to the yellow vests movement. Protests in Paris morph into riots, with hundreds of people injured and thousands arrested; over 100 cars are burned, the Arc de Triomphe is vandalized and numerous other tourist sites are closed, both in the capital and elsewhere in the country. * December 1 – The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the Oulu child sexual exploitation scandal, much larger child sexual exploitation in Oulu, Finland. * December 3 – NASA reports the arrival of the OSIRIS-REx probe at 101955 Bennu, Bennu, the agency's first sample-return mission to an asteroid. * December 7 – The U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union reports that, by the end of 2018, more than half – a full 51.2 percent – of the world's population are now using the Internet. * December 9 – 2018 Armenian parliamentary election, Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 9 December 2018. *December 13 - Marşandiz train collision, A train collision occurred in Ankara, Ankara, Turkey due the incorrect Railroad switch, switch setting *December 15 – At the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Katowice Climate Change Conference, nearly 200 nations agree rules on implementing the Paris Agreement, 2015 Paris agreement. * December 17 – Scandinavian tourists Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland, Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland are murdered by Islamic terrorists in the foothills of Toubkal, Mount Toubkal near to the village of Imlil, Marrakesh-Safi, Imlil in Morocco. At least one victim is beheaded with the murders recorded on video and posted on social media. In a previous video the perpetrators pledge allegiance to ISIS. * December 19–December 21, 21 – Gatwick Airport drone incident: Reports of drone sightings close to the runway at Gatwick Airport in England causes major disruption, affecting approximately 140,000 passengers and 1,000 flights, making it the largest disruption since 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull, ash from an Icelandic volcano shut the airport in 2010. * December 21 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 22,445 after its worst week since 2008. * December 22 ** A 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami, tsunami hits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500. ** The United States government enters a United States federal government shutdown of 2018–2019, second government shutdown, arising over a dispute over funding for the Mexico–United States barrier, U.S.–Mexico border wall. The shutdown, which lasted until January 25, 2019, is the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. * December 24 – Burundi moves its capital from Bujumbura to Gitega. * December 26 – After weeks of losses the Dow Jones Industrial Average posts its largest ever one-day point gain: 1,086 points. * December 31 – 2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse: An apartment block in Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, partially collapses, killing 39 people and injuring 17 more. According to the official investigation the collapse was caused by a gas explosion.

Births

– Prince Louis of Wales, Prince Louis, fourth in line to the throne of the United Kingdom

Deaths

January

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* January 2 – Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader and writer (b. 1927) *

– Aharon Appelfeld, Ukrainian-Israeli writer (b. 1932) * January 5 ** Thomas Bopp, American astronomer (b. 1949) ** Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Antonio Angelillo, Italian-Argentine footballer (b. 1937) ** John Young (astronaut), John Young, American astronaut (b. 1930) * January 6 – Horace Ashenfelter, American Olympic athlete (b. 1923) * January 7 ** France Gall, French singer (b. 1947) ** Peter Sutherland, Irish businessman, politician and UN official (b. 1946) * January 8 – George Maxwell Richards, 4th President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1931) * January 9 – Odvar Nordli, 21st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1927) * January 14 ** Dan Gurney, American racing driver (b. 1931) ** Cyrille Regis, English footballer (b. 1958) * January 15 ** Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician (b. 1971) ** Óscar Alberto Pérez, Venezuelan rebel leader and detective (b. 1981) * January 16 – Oliver Ivanović, Serbian politician (b. 1953) * January 19 – Dorothy Malone, American actress (b. 1924) *

– Paul Bocuse, French chef (b. 1926) * January 22 ** Jimmy Armfield, English footballer and manager (b. 1935) ** Ursula K. Le Guin, American novelist (b. 1929) * January 23 ** Hugh Masekela, South African jazz musician (b. 1939) ** Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet (b. 1914) * January 25 ** Claribel Alegría, Nicaraguan poet (b. 1924) ** Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1916) * January 27 – Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman (b. 1926) *

– Gene Sharp, American political scientist (b. 1928) * January 29 – Ion Ciubuc, 7th Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1943) * January 30 – Azeglio Vicini, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1933) *

– Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian cosmonaut (b. 1951)

February

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* February 1 – Barys Kit, Belarusian-American rocket scientist (b. 1910) * February 3 ** Dennis Edwards, American singer (b. 1943) ** Károly Palotai, Hungarian footballer and referee (b. 1935) *

** Alan Baker (mathematician), Alan Baker, English mathematician (b. 1939) ** John Mahoney, British-American actor (b. 1940) * February 6 – Donald Lynden-Bell, English astrophysicist (b. 1935) *

** John Gavin, American actor and diplomat (b. 1931) ** Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic film composer (b. 1969) ** Liam Miller, Irish footballer (b. 1981) *

– Alan R. Battersby, English organic chemist (b. 1925) *

– Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer (b. 1952) * February 12 – Leo Falcam, 5th President of the Federated States of Micronesia (b. 1935) * February 13 ** Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropist (b. 1914) ** Prince Henrik of Denmark, Prince Henrik, consort of Margrethe II of Denmark (b. 1934) *

** Ruud Lubbers, 47th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1939) ** Morgan Tsvangirai, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (b. 1952) *

** Günter Blobel, Silesian-American Nobel biologist (b. 1936) ** Didier Lockwood, French jazz violinist (b. 1956) ** Idrissa Ouédraogo, Burkinabé film director (b. 1954) * February 19 ** Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958), Sergey Litvinov, Russian Olympic hammer thrower (b. 1958) ** Yury Tyukalov, Russian Olympic rower (b. 1930) * February 20 – Jiichiro Date, Japanese Olympic wrestler (b. 1952) * February 21 – Billy Graham, American evangelist (b. 1918) * February 22 ** Forges (cartoonist), Forges, Spanish cartoonist (b. 1942) ** Richard E. Taylor, Canadian Nobel physicist (b. 1929) * February 23 – Lewis Gilbert, British film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920) * February 24 – Sridevi, Indian actress (b. 1963) * February 27 – Quini, Spanish football player (b. 1949)

March

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* March 1 ** Anatoly Lein, Soviet-American chess grandmaster (b. 1931) ** Luigi Taveri, Swiss motorcycle racer (b. 1929) * March 3 ** Roger Bannister, English middle-distance athlete and neurologist (b. 1929) ** David Ogden Stiers, American actor (b. 1942) *

– Davide Astori, Italian footballer (b. 1987) * March 5 – Trevor Baylis, English inventor (b. 1937) *

– John Sulston, British Nobel biologist and academic (b. 1942) * March 7 – Reynaldo Bignone, President of Argentina (b. 1928) *

** Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer (b. 1927) ** Jung Jae-sung, South Korean badminton player (b. 1982) *

** Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (b. 1936) ** Mary Rosenblum, American science fiction and mystery author (b. 1952) *

– Oleg Tabakov, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1935) *

– Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist and cosmologist (b. 1942) * March 17 – Phan Văn Khải, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1933) *

– Barkat Gourad Hamadou, 4th Prime Minister of Djibouti (b. 1930) *

** Keith O'Brien, Scottish cardinal (b. 1938) ** Kedarnath Singh, Indian poet (b. 1934) * March 22 – René Houseman, Argentine footballer (b. 1953) *

** José Antonio Abreu, Venezuelan conductor and politician (b. 1939) ** Lys Assia, Swiss singer (b. 1924) ** Rim Banna, Palestinian singer and activist (b. 1966) * March 27 – Stéphane Audran, French actress (b. 1932) * March 30 – André Bo-Boliko Lokonga, 9th Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1934)

April

Ex General Efrain Rios Montt testifying during the trial

– Efraín Ríos Montt, 26th President of Guatemala (b. 1926) * April 2 ** Morris Halle, Latvian-American linguist (b. 1923) ** Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African activist and politician (b. 1936) * April 3 – Lill-Babs, Swedish singer (b. 1938) *

– Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (b. 1956) *

** Eric Bristow, English darts player (b. 1957) ** Isao Takahata, Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1935) *

– Aleksandr Kurlovich, Soviet-Belarusian Olympic weightlifter (b. 1961) *

– Peter Grünberg, German Nobel physicist (b. 1939) * April 8 ** Leila Abashidze, Georgian actress, director, and writer (b. 1929) ** André Lerond, French footballer (b. 1930) ** John Miles (racing driver), John Miles, English racing driver (b. 1943) * April 13 – Miloš Forman, Czech-American film director (b. 1932) *

** R. Lee Ermey, American actor (b. 1944) ** Michael Halliday, English-Australian linguist (b. 1925) ** Vittorio Taviani, Italian film director (b. 1929) * April 16 ** Choi Eun-hee, South Korean actress (b. 1926) ** Ivan Mauger, New Zealand motorcycle speedway rider (b. 1939) * April 17 – Barbara Bush, former First Lady of the United States (b. 1925) *

– Bruno Sammartino, Italian-born American professional wrestler (b. 1935) *

– Vladimir Lyakhov, Soviet and Russian cosmonaut (b. 1941) *

– Avicii, Swedish DJ (b. 1989) * April 21 – Verne Troyer, American actor (b. 1969) * April 24 – Henri Michel, French footballer and coach (b. 1947) * April 25 ** Abbas (photographer), Abbas, Iranian photographer (b. 1944) ** Shuhrat Abbosov, Uzbek actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1931) ** Michael Anderson (director), Michael Anderson, English film director (b. 1920) *

– Álvaro Arzú, 32nd President of Guatemala (b. 1946) * April 29 – Luis García Meza, 57th President of Bolivia (b. 1929)

May

Al Bean during EVA training in the Flight Crew Support Building

* May 1 – Wanda Wiłkomirska, Polish violinist and teacher (b. 1929) * May 2 – Wang Danfeng, Chinese actress (b. 1924) *

– Afonso Dhlakama, Mozambican politician, leader of RENAMO (b. 1953) *

– Ermanno Olmi, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1931) * May 7 – Maurane, Belgian singer and actress (b. 1960) *

– Anne V. Coates, British film editor (b. 1925) *

– Per Kirkeby, Danish artist (b. 1938) * May 10 – David Goodall (botanist), David Goodall, English-Australian scientist (b. 1914) *

– Antonio Mercero, Spanish film and television director (b. 1936) * May 13 ** Glenn Branca, American composer and musician (b. 1948) ** Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress and activist (b. 1948) * May 14 ** E. C. George Sudarshan, Indian theoretical physicist (b. 1931) ** Tom Wolfe, American author and journalist (b. 1930) * May 15 – Ray Wilson (English footballer), Ray Wilson, English footballer (b. 1934) * May 17 ** Nicole Fontaine, French politician, President of the European Parliament (b. 1942) ** Richard Pipes, Polish-American academic and historian (b. 1923) *

– Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Colombian cardinal (b. 1929) *

** Robert Indiana, American artist (b. 1928) ** Bernard Lewis, British-American historian (b. 1916) * May 22 – Philip Roth, American writer (b. 1933) * May 23 – Luis Posada Carriles, Cuban exile militant and Central Intelligence Agency, CIA agent (b. 1928) *

– Gudrun Burwitz, German Neo-Nazi militant (b. 1929) *

** Alan Bean, American astronaut (b. 1932) ** Roger Piantoni, French footballer (b. 1931) *

– Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, 44th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1935) * May 28 ** María Dolores Pradera, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1924) ** Jens Christian Skou, Danish medical doctor and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) ** Ola Ullsten, 28th Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1931)

June

* June 1 ** John Julius Norwich, English historian, travel writer and broadcaster (b. 1929) ** Sinan Sakić, Serbian singer (b. 1956) *

** Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1918) ** Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Austrian ethologist (b. 1928) ** Emil Wolf, Czech-American physicist (b. 1922) *

– Miguel Obando y Bravo, Nicaraguan cardinal (b. 1926) * June 5 – Kate Spade, American fashion designer (b. 1962) * June 6 – Kira Muratova, Ukrainian director, screenwriter, and actress (b. 1934) *

** Anthony Bourdain, American chef, writer, and television personality (b. 1956) ** Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (b. 1939) ** Danny Kirwan, British musician (b. 1950) * June 9 ** Reinhard Hardegen, German U-boat commander and businessman (b. 1913) ** Fadil Vokrri, Kosovo-Albanian footballer (b. 1960) *

** D. J. Fontana, American musician (b. 1931) ** Charles Vinci, American Olympic weightlifter (b. 1933) *

** Fazlullah (militant leader), Fazlullah, Pakistani terrorist, leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (b. 1974) ** Stanislav Govorukhin, Russian film director, screenwriter, and politician (b. 1936) *

– Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian conductor (b. 1931) * June 18 ** Walter Bahr, American soccer player (b. 1927) ** Big Van Vader, American professional wrestler and football player (b. 1955) ** XXXTentacion, American singer and rapper (b. 1998) *

** Stanley Cavell, American philosopher (b. 1926) ** Sergio Gonella, Italian businessman and football referee (b. 1933) ** Koko (gorilla), Koko, American-bred western lowland gorilla (b. 1971) * June 20 – Peter Thomson (golfer), Peter Thomson, Australian golfer (b. 1929) * June 23 ** Alberto Fouilloux, Chilean footballer (b. 1940) ** Kim Jong-pil, 9th Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1926) * June 26 – Henri Namphy, 35th President of Haiti (b. 1932) * June 27 – Joe Jackson (manager), Joe Jackson, American talent manager (b. 1928) * June 28 ** Harlan Ellison, American writer (b. 1934) ** Christine Nöstlinger, Austrian writer (b. 1936) * June 29 ** Arvid Carlsson, Swedish neuropharmacologist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923) ** Steve Ditko, American comic-book writer and artist (b. 1927) ** Irena Szewińska, Polish Olympic sprinter (b. 1946)

July

– Dame Gillian Lynne, British dancer and choreographer (b. 1926) * July 3 – Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer (b. 1940) * July 4 – Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French poet and novelist (b. 1914) * July 5 ** Claude Lanzmann, French filmmaker (b. 1925) ** Jean-Louis Tauran, French cardinal (b. 1943) * July 6 – Shoko Asahara, Japanese cult leader and terrorist (b. 1955) * July 9 ** Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, English politician, 6th Secretary General of NATO (b. 1919) ** Hans Günter Winkler, German show jumping rider (b. 1926) * July 11 – Lindy Remigino, American Olympic athlete (b. 1931) * July 14 – Theo-Ben Gurirab, 2nd Prime Minister of Namibia (b. 1938) * July 18 – Burton Richter, American Nobel physicist (b. 1931) * July 19 ** Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese screenwriter (b. 1918) ** Denis Ten, Kazakh figure skater (b. 1993) * July 23 ** Paul Madeley, English footballer (b. 1944) ** Oksana Shachko, Ukrainian feminist (b. 1987) * July 25 – Sergio Marchionne, Italian-Canadian automotive executive (b. 1952) * July 27 – Vladimir Voinovich, Russian writer (b. 1932) * July 29 ** Oliver Dragojević, Croatian singer (b. 1947) ** Vibeke Skofterud, Norwegian Olympic cross-country skier (b. 1980) ** Tomasz Stańko, Polish trumpeter and composer (b. 1942) ** Nikolai Volkoff, Croatian professional wrestler (b. 1947)

August

* August 1 ** Mary Carlisle, American actress (b. 1914) ** Rick Genest, Canadian fashion model and artist (b. 1985) * August 6 – Joël Robuchon, French chef and restaurateur (b. 1945) * August 7 – Stan Mikita, Slovak-born Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1940) * August 8 – Nicholas Bett, Kenyan track and field athlete (b. 1990) * August 11 – V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-British Nobel writer (b. 1932) * August 12 – Samir Amin, Egyptian-French Marxian economist (b. 1931) * August 14 – Eduard Uspensky, Russian author and screenwriter (b. 1937) * August 16 ** Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942) ** Yelena Shushunova, Russian Olympic gymnast (b. 1969) ** Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 10th Prime Minister of India (b. 1924) * August 18 – Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat, 7th United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel laureate (b. 1938) * August 20 **Uri Avnery, Israeli peace activist and politician (b. 1923) **Jennifer Ramírez Rivero, Venezuelan model and businesswoman (b. 1978) * August 21 ** Barbara Harris (actress), Barbara Harris, American actress and singer (b. 1935) ** Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor and singer (b. 1975) * August 22 – Ed King, American musician (b. 1949) * August 25 – John McCain, American politician and military officer (b. 1936) * August 26 – Neil Simon, American playwright (b. 1927) * August 29 – James Mirrlees, Scottish Nobel economist (b. 1936) * August 30 – Joseph Kobzon, Soviet and Russian singer (b. 1937) * August 31 – Alexander Zakharchenko, Ukrainian separatist rebel (b. 1976)

September

* September 1 – Randy Weston, American jazz musician (b. 1926) * September 3 – Jalaluddin Haqqani, Afghan Haqqani insurgent (b. 1939) * September 5 – Bhagwatikumar Sharma, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (b. 1934) * September 6 ** Burt Reynolds, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936) ** Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor (b. 1934) * September 7 ** Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer (b. 1939) ** Mac Miller, American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1992) * September 8 – Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1948) * September 12 – Rachid Taha, Algerian singer and activist (b. 1958) * September 15 – Warwick Estevam Kerr, Brazilian agricultural engineer, geneticist, entomologist and professor (b. 1922) * September 16 – Kevin Beattie, English footballer (b. 1953) * September 18 – Robert Venturi, American architect (b. 1925) * September 19 ** Győző Kulcsár, Hungarian Olympic fencer (b. 1940) ** Arthur Mitchell (dancer), Arthur Mitchell, American ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1934) * September 20 – Mohammed Karim Lamrani, 7th List of heads of government of Morocco, Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1919) * September 21 ** Vitaliy Masol, 3rd Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1928) ** Trần Đại Quang, 8th List of heads of state of Vietnam, President of Vietnam (b. 1956) * September 23 – Charles K. Kao, Hong-Kong-born British-American Nobel electrical engineer (b. 1933) * September 25 – Baba Hari Dass, Indian yoga master, silent monk, and commentator (b. 1923) * September 27 – Marty Balin, American singer and musician (b. 1942) * September 28 – Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, 8th List of Prime Ministers of Swaziland, Prime Minister of Swaziland (b. 1942) * September 29 – Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1934) * September 30 – Kim Larsen, Danish rock singer, songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)

October

* October 1 ** Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer (b. 1924) ** Đỗ Mười, 9th General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (b. 1917) * October 2 ** Geoff Emerick, English recording engineer (b. 1945) ** Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (b. 1958) * October 3 – Leon M. Lederman, American Nobel physicist (b. 1922) * October 6 – Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (b. 1933) * October 9 – Thomas A. Steitz, American Nobel biochemist (b. 1940) * October 10 – Mary Midgley, British philosopher (b. 1919) * October 11 – Paul Andreu, French architect (b. 1938) * October 14 ** Patrick Baumann (basketball), Patrick Baumann, Swiss basketball administrator, FIBA secretary general (b. 1967) ** Milena Dravić, Serbian actress (b. 1940) * October 15 ** Paul Allen, American businessman (b. 1953) ** Arto Paasilinna, Finnish writer (b. 1942) *

– Ara Güler, Turkish-Armenian photojournalist (b. 1928) * October 18 ** Lisbeth Palme, Swedish child psychologist, former chairwoman of UNICEF (b. 1931) ** Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab, 5th List of heads of state of Sudan, President of the Sudan (b. 1934) * October 19 – Osamu Shimomura, Japanese Nobel chemist and marine biologist (b. 1928) * October 20 – Wim Kok, 48th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1938) * October 21 – Joachim Rønneberg, Norwegian military officer and anti-Nazi resistant (b. 1919) * October 22 – José Varacka, Argentine football player and coach (b. 1932) * October 26 – Nikolai Karachentsov, Soviet and Russian actor (b. 1944) * October 27 – Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai businessman (b. 1958) * October 30 ** Sangharakshita, English Buddhist teacher and writer (b. 1925) ** Jin Yong, Hong Kong writer (b. 1924)

November

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* November 1 – Yurik Vardanyan, Armenian Olympic weightlifter (b. 1956) * November 2 ** Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer (b. 1927) ** Roy Hargrove, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1969) * November 3 – Sondra Locke, American actress (b. 1944) * November 4 – Serhiy Tkach, Russian-Ukrainian serial killer (b. 1952) * November 7 – Francis Lai, French composer (b. 1932) * November 12 – Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor and actor (b. 1922) * November 13 – Lucho Gatica, Chilean singer (b. 1928) * November 14 ** Rolf Hoppe, German actor (b. 1930) ** Fernando del Paso, Mexican writer (b. 1935) * November 15 ** Adolf Grünbaum, German-American philosopher of science (b. 1923) ** Zhores Medvedev, Russian agronomist, biologist, and historian (b. 1925) * November 16 – William Goldman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1931) * November 19 – Apisai Ielemia, 10th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1955) * November 20 – Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English Nobel chemist (b. 1926) * November 22 – Soslan Andiyev, Russian wrestler (b. 1952) * November 23 – Nicolas Roeg, British film director (b. 1928) * November 24 – Ricky Jay, American magician and actor (b. 1946) * November 25 – Viktor Kanevskyi, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1936) * November 26 ** Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1941) ** Stephen Hillenburg, American cartoonist, animator, and marine biology teacher (b. 1961) * November 29 – Viktor Matviyenko, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1948) * November 30 – George H. W. Bush, 41st

(b. 1924)

December

* December 1 – Ken Berry, American actor (b. 1933) * December 2 – Paul Sherwen, English cyclist and broadcaster (b. 1956) * December 3 ** Andrei Bitov, Russian writer (b. 1937) ** Geoff Murphy, New Zealand film director (b. 1938) ** Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish businessman (b. 1931) * December 6 – Pete Shelley, English singer-songwriter (b. 1955) * December 7 ** Belisario Betancur, 26th President of Colombia (b. 1923) ** Luigi Radice, Italian football player and manager (b. 1935) * December 8 ** Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Russian historian and human rights activist (b. 1927) ** Evelyn Berezin, American computer designer (b. 1925) * December 9 – Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born American Nobel astrophysicist (b. 1931) * December 12 – Iraj Danaeifard, Iranian footballer (b. 1951) * December 13 – Nancy Wilson (jazz singer), Nancy Wilson, American singer and actress (b. 1937) * December 15 – Girma Wolde-Giorgis, 2nd President of Ethiopia (b. 1924) * December 17 ** Penny Marshall, American actress and film director (b. 1943) ** Andrey Shcharbakow, Belarusian footballer (b. 1991) * December 18 ** Tulsi Giri, 23rd Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1926) ** Shinobu Sekine, Japanese Olympic judoka (b. 1943) * December 22 ** Paddy Ashdown, British politician, UN official and military officer (b. 1941) ** Roberto Suazo Córdova, 29th President of Honduras (b. 1927) * December 23 – Elias M. Stein, American mathematician (b. 1931) * December 24 ** Jozef Adamec, Slovakian footballer and manager (b. 1942) ** Stanko Poklepović, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1938) * December 25 – Nancy Roman, American astronomer (b. 1925) * December 26 ** Roy J. Glauber, American Nobel physicist (b. 1925) ** Lawrence Roberts (scientist), Lawrence Roberts, American computer scientist (b. 1937) ** Morton Sobell, American engineer and spy (b. 1917) * December 27 – Juan Bautista Agüero, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1935) * December 28 ** Abdelmalek Benhabyles, acting President of Algeria (b. 1921) ** Amos Oz, Israeli author and journalist (b. 1939) ** Shehu Shagari, 6th President of Nigeria (b. 1925) * December 29 – Ringo Lam, Hong Kong film director (b. 1955) ** Dame June Whitfield, English actress (b. 1925) * December 31 – Kader Khan, Indian actor (b. 1937)

Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Frances Arnold, George Smith (chemist), George Smith and Greg Winter * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – William Nordhaus and Paul Romer * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Olga Tokarczuk (awarded in 2019) * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad * Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo

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